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table of contents better without ai better without ai how to avert a moderate apocalypse and create a future we would like table of contents better without ai explores moderate apocalypses that could result from current and near future ai technology these are relatively overlooked risks not extreme sci fi extinction scenarios nor the media s obsession with chatgpt said something naughty trivia rather realistically likely disasters up to the scale of our history s worst wars and oppressions better without ai suggests seven types of actions you and all of us can take to guard against such catastrophes and to steer us toward a future we would like better without ai is available as a paperback on kindle or for free in full here on the web you can start reading now read the blurb first or check out the table of contents this web site contains in addition to the main book gradient dissent a more technical exploration of the defects of current ai technologies standalone essays about artificial intelligence that are not included in the book a metablog of news views and commentary the blurb better without ai is a call to action you can participate this is for you the enormous transformational potential of artificial intelligence has long been dismissed because ai itself sounds like science fiction that is no longer possible fluent new text generators such as chatgpt have suddenly shown that powerful ai is here now we may respond with excitement for opportunities concern with risks or both this book is about overlooked risks not malevolent robots but moderate apocalypses which could result from recent and near future technologies ai systems we cannot understand are already making major social and cultural decisions for us that may crush our ability to make sense of the world and so our ability to act in it feeling dazed and lost we may descend into pervasive helplessness or we may revolt against the machines and in so doing we may destroy systems we depend on for survival can we get the benefits of technological breakthroughs without succumbing to the risks this book explains seven practical actions we can take to guard against disasters acting now is the best way to steer away and perhaps toward a remarkably likable future you and everyone can join in this effort the most important questions are not about technology but about us what sort of future would you like how might ai help get us there what is its role in that world what is your own role in helping that happen better without ai is by david chapman he holds a phd in artificial intelligence his previous book on the topic is vision instruction and action book contents only you can stop an ai apocalypse what is the scary kind of ai superintelligence mind like ai autonomous ai agents diverse forms of agency motivation morals and monsters artificial general intelligence agi transformative ai fear power not intelligence scary ai when apocalypse now practical actions you can take against ai risks end digital surveillance develop and mandate intrinsic cybersecurity mistrust machine learning fight doom ai with science and engineering spurn artificial ideology recognize that ai is probably net harmful create a negative public image for ai radical progress without scary ai what kind of ai might accelerate technological progress what is the role of intelligence in science what do unusually intelligent people do limits to reasoning reduction and simulation limits to experimental induction stop obstructing scientific progress how to science better scenius upgrading science ftw a future we would like how ai destroyed the future a one bit future cozy futurism meaningful futurism the inescapable politics responsibility this is about you acknowledgements gradient dissent artificial neurons considered harmful backpropaganda anti rational neuro mythology do ai as science and engineering instead run time task relevant algorithmic understanding do ai as science instead do ai as engineering instead classifying images massive parallelism and surface features better text generation with science and engineering a better future without backprop search copyright 2023 2026 david chapman some links are part of the amazon associates program